A new privacy proposal will require broadband providers like Verizon and Comcast to get your permission before sharing with advertisers what you've been doing on your phone or computer.
The Federal Communication Commission has changed its broadband-privacy plan since it was initially proposed in March.
The wireless and cable industries had complained that under the initial plan, they would be more heavily regulated than digital-ad behemoths like Google and Facebook, who are monitored by a different agency, the Federal Trade Commission.
WHAT IT MEANS The revised proposal says broadband... read more

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